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Directions

Place cranberries in a small bowl; sprinkle with orange juice. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in pistachios and lemon peel. Drain cranberries; stir into dough.

On a lightly floured surface, divide dough into thirds. On a baking sheet coated with cooking spray, shape each portion into a 12-in. x 2-in. rectangle. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes.

Transfer to a cutting board; with a serrated knife, cut each loaf into 20 slices. Place cut side down on baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until firm, turning once. Remove to wire racks to cool.

For icing, combine confectioners' sugar and lemon peel in a small bowl; stir in enough milk to achieve desired drizzling consistency. Drizzle over biscotti. Store in an airtight container.Yield: 5 dozen.

Originally published as Pistachio Cranberry Biscotti in Light & Tasty
October 2005, p35

Is there a step missing in the instruction "On a lightly floured work surface, divide dough into thirds." ?? This doughwais super-sticky and stuck to the board (however floured), my hands... everything. Maybe putting the dough in the fridge for an hour would help it stiffen up and be workable.

Also, when cutting the loaves, the cranberries were too numerous and about a half cup or so ended up on the cutting board. Seemed such a waste - I'd reduce the amount by half, the nuts as well (which I would finely chop rather than put in whole).

This was not my first time making biscotti, but it was for this recipe... which I will not be using again."